Following Dantès sudden arrest during his betrothal feast, Dantès ends up on trial before Monsieur de Villefort, as “ ‘the public prosecutor [was] absent’ ” ; after numerous questions regarding his involvement with the Bonapartists, Villefort finally asked, “ ‘To whom is the letter addressed?’ ”, and by fate alone, Dantès replies, “ ‘To Monsieur Noirtier’ ”, leaving Villefort in an “indescribable terror” (23, 28). Through the workings of providence, Villefort manages Dantès trial as a result of the public prosecutor’s…
What seems good turns bad, and what seems bad turns good. It is an endless cycle. In the movie, Count of Monte Cristo, Edmond Dantes looks as if he has the perfect life. He is about to become the captain of a ship, he is engaged to a woman named Mercedes, and he is liked by almost everyone who knows him. This amazing life, however, ends up dangerous because of the jealousy among some of Dantes’s so-called friends.…
Being fed hardly anything as well as being whipped. He even tried hanging himself during the time he was a prisoner there. For nothing, he was never a traitor that he was saw ought to be. After Dantes and the priest are digging and the tunnel begins to collapse, killing the priest.…
This passage just makes me cringe at Dante the Pilgrim because Virgil explicitly tells him to not touch the trees or cause any harm to them because he will be sorry. However, Dante the Pilgrim acts like, “What did you say” as he breaks a piece of the tree. Was he not paying attention or was he being spiteful? I just cannot believe Dante the Pilgrim was acting like a white, American male who believes that the rules do not apply to him because of who he is. I just do not understand why he decided to go against Virgil’s warning?…
To do this Dante's changes to Abbe Busoni, the priest. Abbe Busoni collects information about his father, Mercedes, Morrel, and just how he was betrayed. Edmond learns all the information he needed to verify who he needed to seek revenge on, paid Caderousse with a diamond, and left for Marseilles. Before Dantes can start his path to revenge, he has one last deed to perform. Dantes now changes to Lord Wilmore an Englishman who works for the head of Thomas and French.…
In the novel, The Count of Monte Cristo, many characters are introduce throughout the story and most of these characters undergo an indentity change at some point during the novel. The main, and by far the most dynamic character, is Edmond Dantès. Dantès is the protagonist of Alexandre Dumas’ classic novel. Edmond lived his life honestly, that is until he was framed for a crime he did not commit. Taking place in Marseilles, France in the 1800’s, Dantès fights for his freedom and pursues many acts of revenge against those who wronged him, but all of this revenge takes a toll on who he is as a person.…
He saw the church as corrupt, having too much power, and that it was too involved regarding affairs with politics and the government. Dante was involved in politics himself within Italy and was in a position to see just how much the church affected political affairs.…
"The Divine Comedy, considered by most to be the greatest Italian piece of literature ever written," (Soft Schools). The Inferno is one- third of the Divine Comedy, which was constructed after Dante Alegheri was exiled from Florence. This was the first piece of literature to be written in the common tongue. Lower class civilians were able to read his work, making it a very powerful poem. Many people praised Dante Alegheri and agreed with his opinions and examination of the government.…
So many questions are asked through people’s lives on their journey to find their purpose. Searching for the meaning or purpose of one’s life can help people open their eyes to the world around them and what effect they have on it. Since this carries such importance in people’s lives, many stories have been written dealing with the journey to find purpose. Two texts that deal with living ones life with meaning and purpose are, Dante’s Inferno and the Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas. Dante’s Inferno in many aspects deals with this question hands on.…
With the briefest of communications, Dantes has unwittingly manipulated someone in the law’s corner to be in his. The charisma and magnetic energy of Dantes are major parts of what makes him…
Dante doesn’t show the sinner any mercy and tells him that he deserved what he got. He than says that all the corrupt churchmen should suffer the same fate. Virgil approves of Dante's action and helps Dante go on to the fourth…
Even though Dante himself was a politician, it is very apparent that he has some disdain for many politicians in Italy at the time. Dante makes a habit of calling out numerous politicians through his decent further into Hell. Dante makes it clear that even though he is a poet first and foremost, his political interests are always important Dante treats all the sinners in Hell differently. Some he wishes he could talk to more, like Brunetto in the 7th circle. There are some that he feels bad for, like Pier Della Vigna, who is punished in the realm of the suicides.…
That is to say that most, if not all of the readers of this time were religious and would not even dare question God 's judgement. In the moment Dante cries out of pity for what they are going through, but after the reprimand both…
•Monsieur de Villefort: Antagonist. Villefort’s priorities are disillusioned from the start. His exceeding ambition and unwavering job loyalty, leads him to take extreme measures. Disowning his father and sentencing Dantès to imprisonment for life does little to disavow his objectionable reputation. During Dantès’ imprisonment, Villefort arranges a politically advantageous marriage and becomes Deputy Minister of France.…
The films The Count of Monte Cristo (CMC) and Shawshank Redemption (SSR) share the theme of a man who is unjustly imprisoned for a severe crime; however the two films are truly quite different. Between the films there are a few basic elements that contribute to the theme, such as; the crimes that the protagonists Edmond Dantès and Andy Dufresne are imprisoned for, what the two men wish to do when they escape prison, and the life that they lead after they gain their liberty. At the beginning of CMC, with his ship’s captain in need of a physician, Edmond Dantès journeys to the Italian island of Elba where Napoleon Bonaparte is exiled. As repayment for the medical assistance provided, Napoleon gives Dantès a letter…